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Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk police 66220 6921736 2009-07-03T01:20:08Z AutoFormat 32732 trans unlink Swahili {{wikipedia|dab=police (disambiguation)|police}} ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|frm|en}} {{term|police|lang=frm}}, from {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|politia||state, government|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|πόλις||city|tr=polis|sc=polytonic|lang=grc}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/pəˈliːs/}} * {{audio|en-us-police.ogg|Audio (US)}} {{wikipedia}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} # {{plural: police}} An organisation granted the legal authority to enforce the law. #* ''Call the '''police'''!'' #* ''The '''police''' operating in New York City operate under the New York City Police Department, several other City agencies and boards, and several public authorities. '' # {{pluralonly}} Members of the [[police force]]. #* ''Three '''police''' arrived in two cars.'' #* ''The policewoman arrived in her car.'' # {{US|singular|nonstandard}} ''(plural=police)'' A [[police officer]]  #* {{quote-book|2006|David Simon|Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets|page=440|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gf3Z9K2rb6AC|isbn=0805080759 |passage=This time it is the worst kind of call a murder '''police''' can get.}} {{rft|treatment of non-standard plurals}} ====Synonyms==== * the [[cobblers]] * the [[fuzz]] * [[pig|pigs]] * [[5-0]] * [[popo]] * the [[heat]] * [[filth]] * [[cop|cops/coppers]] * [[bobby|bobbies]] * [[peelers]] * woodentops (UK - referring to uniformed officers) * [[6-up]] ====Derived terms==== {{top3}} * [[chief of police]] * [[police box]] * [[police captain]] * [[police car]] * [[police chief]] * [[police commissioner]] * [[police constable]] * [[police department]] {{mid3}} * [[police detective]] * [[police dog]] * [[police force]] * [[police headquarters]] * [[police jury]] * [[police lieutenant]] * [[policeman]] * [[police officer]] * [[police precinct]] {{mid3}} * [[police record]] * [[police sergeant]] * [[police squad]] * [[police state]] * [[police station]] * [[police van]] * [[police wagon]] * [[policewoman]] {{bottom3}} ====Related terms==== * [[policy]] * [[political]] * [[politician]] * [[politicize]] * [[politic]] * [[politics]] * [[polity]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|police}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[polisie]] * Albanian: [[policia]] {{f}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[بوليس]]}} (bulīs) {{m}}, {{Arab|[[شرطة]]}} (šurṭa) {{f}} * Armenian: [[ոստիկանություն]] (vostikanut'yun) * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|polizia|xs=Basque}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|milicija|f}}, {{t-|bs|policija|f}} * Bulgarian: {{t-|bg|полиция|f|tr=policija|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[policia]] {{f}} * [[Chechen]]: [[милцо]] * Chinese: [[警察]] (jǐngchá) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|policija|f}}, {{t-|hr|milicija|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|policie|f}} * Danish: {{t+|da|politi}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|politie|f}} * Esperanto: {{t|eo|polico}} * Estonian: {{t-|et|politsei}} * [[Ewe]]: [[kpovitɔ]] * Faroese: [[løgreglan]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|poliisi}} * French: {{t+|fr|police|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Polizei|f}} * Greek: {{t+|el|αστυνομία|f|tr=astinomía|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[משטרה]] (mishtara) {{f}} * Hindi: [[पोलिस]] (polis) {{m}}, [[पुलिस]] (pulis) {{m}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rendőrség}} * Icelandic: {{t-|is|lögreglan}} * Irish: {{t-|ga|garda|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|polizia|f}} * Japanese: [[警察]] ([[けいさつ]], keisatsu) * Korean: [[경찰]] (gyeongchal) {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: *: [[Kurmanji]]: {{t|ku|polîs}} *: [[Sorani]]: {{t+|ku|پۆلیس|sc=ku-Arab}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|policija|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|policija|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|полиција|f|tr=polícija|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|милиција|f|tr=milícija|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Malayalam]]: [[പോലീസ്]] * Maltese: {{t-|mt|pulizija|f|xs=Maltese}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|politi|m}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|policja|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|polícia|f}} * [[Quechua]]: [[chapaq]] * Romanian: {{t-|ro|politia|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|милиция|f|tr=milítsija|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|полиция|f|tr=polítsija|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|poileas|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[милиција#Serbian|милиција]] {{f}}, [[полиција#Serbian|полиција]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[milicija#Serbian|milicija]] {{f}}, [[policija#Serbian|policija]] {{f}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|polícia|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|policía|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|polisi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|polis|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: [[pulisya]] * Turkish: {{t+|tr|polis}} * Ukrainian: [[поліцiя]] (polítsiya) {{f}} * Urdu: {{ur-Arab|[[پولس]]}} (polis)/(pulis) {{m}}, {{ur-Arab|[[پولیس]]}} (polīs)/(pulīs) {{m}} * Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cảnh sát|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|heddlu|xs=Welsh}} {{m}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[polysje]] * Yiddish: [[פּאָליציי]] (politsey) {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|polic|es}} # {{transitive}} To enforce the law and keep order among (a group). #: ''Extra security was hired to police the [[crowd]] at the big game.'' # {{transitive}} To patrol or clean an area. #* '''2006''', [[w:Robert B. Parker|Robert B. Parker]], ''Hundred-Dollar Baby'', Putnam, ISBN 0399153764, page 275, #*: "Fire off several rounds in a residential building and stop to '''police''' the brass?" ===See also=== * [[w:police|Wikipedia article on police]] ---- ==Czech== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Cs-police.ogg|Audio}} ===Noun=== {{cs-noun|g=f}} # [[shelf]] (''structure'') [[Category:cs:Furniture]] ---- ==French== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|la|fr}} {{term|politia||state, government|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|grc|fr}} {{term|πόλις||city|tr=polis|sc=polytonic|lang=grc}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-police.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/pɔ.lis/|lang=fr}}, {{SAMPA|/pO.lis/}} ===Noun=== '''police''' ''f'' # [[#English|police]] # {{typography|lang=fr}} [[fount]], [[font]] ===Usage notes=== * '''Police''' is a singular noun in French, taking the singular form of a verb, as in "Fuyez, la police arrive!" ("Run, the police are coming!") ===Related terms=== * [[policier]] [[Category:Law enforcement]] [[ar:police]] [[zh-min-nan:police]] [[ca:police]] [[cy:police]] [[da:police]] [[de:police]] [[et:police]] [[el:police]] [[es:police]] [[fa:police]] [[fr:police]] [[gl:police]] [[ko:police]] [[hy:police]] [[io:police]] [[it:police]] [[kk:police]] [[sw:police]] [[ku:police]] [[lo:police]] [[lv:police]] [[lt:police]] [[hu:police]] [[nl:police]] [[ja:police]] [[no:police]] [[pl:police]] [[ru:police]] [[simple:police]] [[sr:police]] [[fi:police]] [[sv:police]] [[ta:police]] [[te:police]] [[th:police]] [[tr:police]] [[vi:police]] [[zh:police]]